Note 138 — PART II TWO EXAMPLES OF RECENT DISCOVERIES
Reading edition
The manner of death of this illustrious family of Christian martyrs was as follows, as far as we can gather from the concise notices in the “Acts”:
Januarius, the eldest, was beaten to death by whips loaded with lead.
The second and third brothers apparently met with the same doom.
The fourth was thrown down from a height, and so died.
The three remaining brothers and their mother Felicitas were dealt with more mercifully and were decapitated.